By Amy Wiedenmeyer

Simple Solution or Animal Cruelty?

•Protection

•Feeding

•Grooming

•Territorial Marking

•Climbing

•Traction

•Pain

•Personality Changes

•Defense

•Altering the Animal

•Theories Discredited

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